- Industria: Telecommunications
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Garmin designs, develops, manufactures and markets a diverse family of hand-held, portable and fixed-mount GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications and information products for the general aviation and consumer markets.
A global Geodetic Datum defined and maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Industry:Telecommunications
The estimated time you will arrive at a destination.
Industry:Telecommunications
A global navigation system based on 24 or more satellites orbiting the earth at an altitude of 12,000 statue miles and providing very precise, worldwide positioning and navigation information 24 hours a day, in any weather. Also called the NAVSTAR system. For more information, see About GPS.
Industry:Telecommunications
A route consisting of one leg, with your present position being the start of the route and a single defined waypoint as the destination.
Industry:Telecommunications
The mean solar time for Greenwich, England, which is located on the Prime Meridian (zero longitude). Based on the rotation of the earth, GMT is used as the basis for calculating standard time throughout most of the world.
Industry:Telecommunications
The two-way transfer of GPS information with another device, such as a nav plotter, autopilot, or another GPS unit.
Industry:Telecommunications
The radio frequencies that extend from 390 MHz to 1550 MHz. The GPS carrier frequencies are in the L band (1227.6 MHz and 1575.42 MHz).
Industry:Telecommunications
One of the two radio frequencies transmitted by the GPS satellites. This frequency carries the Coarse Acquisition Code (C/A code), P-Code, and the nav message, and is transmitted on a frequency of 1575.42 MHz.
Industry:Telecommunications
One of the two radio frequencies transmitted by the GPS satellites. This frequency carries only the P-Code, and is transmitted on a frequency of 1227.6 MHz.
Industry:Telecommunications
Of an electromagnetic wave, propagation in which the direct transmission path from the transmitter to the receiver is unobstructed. The need for LOS propagation is most critical at GPS frequencies.
Industry:Telecommunications
